The On Purpose Podcast

Arthur Black at Home in 2008

So many of us Canadians (and beyond!) listened to this man's distinctive voice every week for 19 years. Arthur Black, writer and longtime radio personality, was the host of Basic Black on CBC Radio every Saturday morning from 1983 to 2002, producing eclectic, quirky, extraordinary radio while speaking with ordinary folks. What a treat for Lynn Thompson to meet Arthur and his spouse Lynne on a Vancouver Island beach in 2008, and then visit them at their home on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia for this conversation. Lynne prepared tea for a break at the 30 minute mark! August is Arthur's birthday month. Refreshing this recording is a tip of the hat to a remarkable man who is dearly missed. (30 August 1943 – 21 February 2018)
Music for The On Purpose Podcast (Living on Purpose) with thanks to Black Fedora, Sneaky Jazz.

Creativity for Life with Eric Maisel

Eric Maisel and Lynn Thompson from their 2007 tour through questions, answers, and insights about the creative process, based on Eric's book entitled Creativity for Life. 45 minutes. Published in 2007 by New World Library.
Inspired by Ann Randolph (in her Your Story Matters, Unmute Yourself writing workshop) who recently referenced Eric's technique of saying "hush" to any internal voices that limit the creative process, Lynn refreshed this exceptional conversation with Eric to share 14 years later!
Music for The On Purpose Podcast (Living on Purpose) with thanks to Black Fedora, Sneaky Jazz.
 

Tonya Pomerantz Talks Twenties

Tonya Pomerantz is the Professional Certified Coach with Puddle Jump Coaching (PJC) that she created in 2011 to help clients develop a game plan and give them the tools for building confidence and motivation. Through the structure she provides, clients discover their purpose, meaning, and clarity to create successful lives. Tonya was recently introduced to Lynn Thompson and after a few writing strategy sessions together, Lynn spontaneously asked Tonya to talk about her book-in-progress entitled Sex, Self-esteem & Sheer Stupidity: How to survive your Twenties. In eight minutes they cover a lot! Thanks for listening.

Sondra Ray and Rebirthing

In 2007, Lynn Thompson was introduced to Sondra Ray through New World Library and they followed each other around in this 44-minute phone call with many references to one of her (at the time!) 17 published books, Rock Your World with the Divine Mother: Bringing the Sacred Power of the Divine Mother into Our Lives. Ray was launched into international acclaim in the 1970s as one of the pioneers of the Rebirthing Experience, along with Leonard Orr, its founder. Since then, she has trained thousands of people all over the world in this conscious connected breathing process, and is considered one of the foremost experts on how the birth trauma affects one’s body, relationships, career and life. As she puts it, this dynamic breathing process produces extraordinary healing results in all of your relationships. Now Sondra Ray has taken Rebirthing to a new level of effectiveness by invoking the Divine Mother energy into the breathing sessions. With Markus Ray, Sondra's new expression of this process is called LIBERATION BREATHING®.
Music for The On Purpose Podcast (Living on Purpose) is thanks to Black Fedora, Sneaky Jazz.

Marc Allen of New World Library

Marc Allen is a renowned author, music composer, and speaker. On the day he turned thirty, Marc co-founded New World Library with Shakti Gawain, and as the company's president and publisher, he has guided it from a small start-up operation with no capital to become one of the leading publishers in its field. He has written numerous books, including The Greatest Secret of All, Visionary Business, The Millionaire Course, and The Type-Z Guide to Success. He has also recorded several albums of music, including Awakening, Breathe, and Solo Flight.
Music for The On Purpose Podcast (Living on Purpose) is with thanks to Black Fedora, Sneaky Jazz.
Lynn Thompson had this 28-minute phone call with Marc around 2007 during a "live" show of Living on Purpose on CHLY. During their wide-ranging conversation, Marc refers to As You Think, his thoughtfully updated version of (no relation) James Allen’s As A Man Thinketh.

Cam Skipper with Highlights of Funeral Ideas

Cam Skipper is a Funeral Director at Gilchrist Chapel in Guelph, Ontario, in Canada since 1985. Eleven Questions in Eleven Minutes has highlights from their full talk on Podbean in late May 2020. Lynn Thompson is grateful for how much she and Cam discussed and how it has helped her confirm her wishes and inspired arrangements. Thank you for listening!

Michael Hughes is Networking For Results

Thank you for listening! Michael Hughes offers guidance and encouragement about engaging in social networks, noting similarities between building relationships online and in-person.
New podcast with Michael in March 2022.
Michael Hughes is known as North America’s Networking Guru. He specializes in helping professionals increase results by improving their ability to maximize relationships. He has done extensive research on, and is a specialist in, utilizing networking as a business strategy and professional competency.
Michael’s client list includes Dell, Staples, RBC Royal Bank, Sunlife, Ottawa Senators Sports Entertainment, and The University of Ottawa’s Telfer Executive MBA Program.
One of the most unique properties of Michael’s business success is that he has taken his company from an idea to a six-figure international consulting and training practice using networking as his sole marketing vehicle. He calls it Networking for Results.
Music for The On Purpose Podcast (Living on Purpose) is thanks to Black Fedora, Sneaky Jazz.

Philip Shepherd with COVID is Us

Philip Shepherd originated The Embodied Present Process™ (TEPP), a unique set of practices that reunite the intelligence of the head with that of the body. He is the author of two ground-breaking books, New Self, New World: Recovering Our Senses in the Twenty-first Century, and Radical Wholeness: The Embodied Present and the Ordinary Grace of Being. He has also developed an app based on his work, which can be found at TEPP.life.
You can find what you are listening to, COVID is Us, in Philip’s Musings on his website. Philip kindly recorded it upon request!
Philip’s work draws on a lifetime of research and adventure that includes cycling alone as a teenager through Europe, the Middle East, Iran, India and Japan; studying classical Noh Theater in Japan; designing and building several houses; co-founding an arts magazine, Onion; co-founding an interdisciplinary theatre company; writing two internationally produced plays and a television documentary; and playing lead roles on stages in London, New York, Chicago, and Toronto.
Until recently, Philip was often traveling the world sharing workshops and Facilitators Trainings. Now? He is as creative and productive as ever in the home that he and his wife designed and built (where they raised their family) on a (now quieter) island located a short ferry ride south of Toronto, Ontario in Canada.

John Thompson, Philosophical Accountant

The notes John made for their conversation about human evolution and the mystery of life became the draft of books that Lynn helped him edit in the following year. John Thompson, Philosophical Accountant, was an in-studio guest for the "live" radio show of his daughter Lynn Thompson on CHLY in Nanaimo BC Canada on September 1, 2009 after their epic drive through the Canadian Rockies. Thank you for listening.
Happy Father's Day, Dad. I sure enjoyed editing the recording of our conversation afresh for sharing today. (AE John Thompson 1927-2019)
Music for The On Purpose Podcast (Living on Purpose) is thanks to Black Fedora, Sneaky Jazz.

Kathryn Goodwin Tone with The King‘s Broad Arrow

Historical fiction novel set in the early years of the American Revolution, exploring ideas behind the Revolution through the eyes of Sam Nevens, a young man who is skeptical about both the war and himself. Following the launch of The King’s Broad Arrow in February 2020, Lynn Thompson welcomed Kathryn to be her guest (14 minutes). Kathryn Goodwin Tone, author of The King’s Broad Arrow, has been recognized twice, as an Eric Hoffer Award Finalist and as a winner in Juvenile Fiction by Indie Excellence Awards.
The King’s Broad Arrow is Kathryn’s first book and is self-published.
Kathryn is an American who has lived abroad for most of her adult life. She has worked as a teacher for kids of all ages. Her experiences with children in school and as a mother were part of her inspiration to write a novel for young people, to share some life lessons and a fascinating stage in American history. Although Kathryn began her book in 2013, its message – that citizens must step up and work toward the kind of country they want to be a part of – is even more timely now.
Special tip of the hat to Kim Eley of KWE Publishing who brought three women together in April 2019 when Kathryn was ready for an editor – Lynn, with Living on Purpose Communications – and for an illustrator, Crystal Cregge, President and Creative Director at Liona Design Co, who created highly-engaging illustrations, and also completed the layout of the book for publication.
Thanks for listening to The On Purpose Podcast (Living on Purpose)!